April 30,2000

Wildflower Bloom in Central Oregon:

Oregon Highway 206

Various Spots From the John Day River east to Condon, OR

April 30, 2000

* indicates the wildflower is in bloom

Cottonwood Canyon, west of the John Day River

Photos above and at right of Astragalus curvicarpus var. subglaber.............Cottonwood Canyon, OR 218.........April 23 & 30, 2000.

*1. Milkvetch: Astragalus curvicarpus var. subglaber

*2. Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

*3. Thread-leaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius

Mountain Viewpoint:

Site is on Highway 206 at approximately MP 23.3 (less than 1 mile west of Mikkalo Rd) and is about 200 yards downhill from the viewpoint. It is on the north side of the highway and includes a cut bank and natural vegetation to the small hilltop. The view is definitely spectacular, with views of of the Cascade Mts. from Mt. Adams to the north and Mt. Jefferson to the south.

*1. Bicolored Cluster Lily: Brodiaea howellii

2. Milk-vetch: Astragalus species Not quite in bloom yet. Prostrate with green leaves and red stems. Plants about 1 foot in diameter.

*3. Thread-stalk Milk-vetch: Astragalus filipes

4. Lupine: Lupinus species Not quite in bloom yet.

*5. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

*6. Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum

*7. Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum

*8. Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

*9. Fiddleneck: Amsinckia species

*10. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

*11. Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

*12. Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana ?

13. Gray Rabbit Brush: Chrysothamnus nauseosus

14. Thread-leaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius Not quite in bloom.

15. Match Brush: Gutierrezia sarothrae

*16. False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

17. Bunch grasses

Summit Ridge West of Condon, OR

Site is about 1/4 mile east of Richmond Road on the north side of Highway 206. It is approximately near MP 36.

Both photos at right of Astagalus conjunctus from west of Condon, OR.......April 30, 2000.

1. Onion: Allium species

2. Bicolored Cluster Lily: Brodiaea howellii

3. Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum

*4. Daggerpod: Cheiranthoides phoenicaulis

*5. Milk-vetch: Astragalus conjunctus

6. Woolly-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii var. glareosus Large, woolly, arcuate pods.

7. Lupine: Lupinus species Not quite in bloom yet.

*8. Cous: Lomatium cous

*9. Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum

*10. Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

*11. Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

12. Rigid Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida ?

*13. Serrate Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza serrata

14. Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis ? In bud.

15. Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

16. Match Brush: Gutierrezia sarothrae

Also seen about 1 mile west of Richmond Rd on the south side of the road was a red paintbrush (probably Castilleja hispida ?-sorry but I didn't stop!)

Paul Slichter